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Jason Kingdon is chairman of Blue Prism, a company that has pioneered the development of robotic automation software for clerical and administrative automation.

Jason is one of the UK's leading technology entrepreneurs and has over 15 years' experience of building successful, international software business and technical and commercial advisory. He was most recently the founder and CEO of the technology company Searchspace, a 3i backed company, which he sold in 2005 to a US private equity group. He is an Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year and a member of the University College London Enterprise Board.

It’s been over 20 years since Larry Ellison made the case for cloud computing. Some speculate he only invented the idea to get at Bill Gates, the dominance of the PC and the then-newly released Windows 95. Even if the motivation had a personal edge, the point is that he had a strong case.

As always, the argument is about economics, and the issue is: how many people benefit under the new regime as compared to the old?

A recent report from Deloitte and Oxford University suggests that 35 percent of jobs are at risk of being displaced by technology, automation and robotics. The study was for the U.K., but cites similar research for the U.S. and suggests that this applies to all developed economies.

The report also suggests that anyone earning less than $60k should be the most worried, as these jobs are apparently the most vulnerable. All of this is more alarming when combined with research from…

The EU Robotics Assembly has now agreed to disagree on the definition of a robot. The complexity of this question was not lost on a group of 10-year olds attending Imperial College London Robot Summer Camp.

The junior experts explained there was a range of definitions. While some insisted a robot must be able to move (and so discounting a washing machine), others felt it was the machine completion of a task that was key. One thing that both groups did agree on is that there must be a…